Space Systems Integration Engineer
El Segundo, CAJob$200–240K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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SAIC seeks an experienced Space Systems Integration Engineer to support a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command acquisition in the Space Combat Power portfolio. Embedded with the Government, the engineer will integrate space, ground, and mission segments using tailored rapid acquisition frameworks, and contribute to program planning, risk mitigation, technical oversight, and execution. The position is located in El Segundo, California.
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Description
SAIC is seeking an experienced Space Systems Integration Engineer to lead a complex systems acquisition within the Space Combat Power systems portfolio. This role requires extensive expertise in government space systems engineering, spacecraft interfaces, and program integration to support the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). This position is located in El Segundo, CA .
You will serve as a critical embedded member of the Government applying advanced engineering principles to shape and deliver the next generation capability. The role emphasizes leveraging tailored, rapid acquisition frameworks while integrating space, ground, and mission segments. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving program planning, risk mitigation, technical oversight, and execution.
Fun stuff you will do on the job:
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Lead interface engineers supporting payload to spacecraft interface development and integration.
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Engage with development contractors evaluating designs, models, integration and test plans.
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Oversee payload integration and manage interface control with stakeholders.
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Performs system integration of ground segment and deployment into operations including concepts of operation (CONOPS) development.
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Makes program risks assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the chief engineer and program manager.
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Independently collaborates with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel.
Qualifications
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Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more applicable experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience.
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Experience leading systems engineering teams focused on integration of complex space and/or ground systems.
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Experience using tools such as Cameo, JIRA, Confluence.
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Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable).
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Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination
Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
How this job compares
Set against the 11,823 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$200–240K/yr
- California median$143–213K/yr1,812 salary ranges
- US median$116–190K/yr8,716 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $220K, is 24% above the California median midpoint ($177K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,119 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 11,823 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (9,867 postings).
- Education
- 4,496 of the 11,823 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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